sobreiro

/su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu/

//su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu// noun

The verdict

“sobreiro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,640 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,640
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - árvore da família das fagáceas de cujo tronco se retira a cortiça, (Quercus suber)

Corpus desk

Index PT-sobreiro · sobreiro · Portuguese

sobreiro · rank #60,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,640
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH soalho

Nearest frequency peer: soalho (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “sobreiro”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “sobreiro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sobreiro
PropertyValue
Headwordsobreiro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,640
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “sobreiro” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).sobreirocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “soalho” (#60,639), “sultana” (#60,649), “tablete” (#60,659). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sobreiro” fica em #60,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sobreiro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,640 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

sobreiro has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is sobreiro, spelled S-O-B-R-E-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    árvore da família das fagáceas de cujo tronco se retira a cortiça, (Quercus suber)
  2. 2
    árvore leguminosa da espécie Pithecellobium luzorium

Synonyms

carvalho-de-cortiçasobrosovereirosoveiro

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sobreiro"?
"sobreiro" is spelled S-O-B-R-E-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu/.
What does "sobreiro" mean?
As a noun, "sobreiro" means: árvore da família das fagáceas de cujo tronco se retira a cortiça, (Quercus suber)
How do you pronounce "sobreiro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sobreiro" is /su.ˈbɾɐj.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sobreiro", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list